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Image shows a tugboat with the Harbour buildings in the background.
New tug for Toronto. Toronto harbor commissioners yesterday went for a short trip aboard their new $200,000 tug, the William Rest. Here the ship, equi(...)
Image shows a tugboat with the Harbour buildings in the background.

New tug for Toronto. Toronto harbor commissioners yesterday went for a short trip aboard their new $200,000 tug, the William Rest. Here the ship, equi(...)

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Original Toronto Star caption: New tug for toronto. Toronto harbor commissioners yesterday went for a short trip aboard their new $200;000 tug; the William Rest. Here the ship; equipeed with radar; echosounder and radio; goes through its places in the harbor. It was built at Erieau.
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GeographyCity, town, townshipToronto
GeographyNeighbourhoodHarbour
GeographyProvince stateOntario
GeographyCountryCanada
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Object NumberTSPA_0112700F
Image shows a few people working on board.
Getting set in the Harbor. Getting ready for the shipping season, the Toronto Harbor Commissioners' tug the Kenneth A. sets out the channel markers. C(...)
Olsen, Bob, 1931-2022
3/27/1974
Image shows tugboat passing through the icy lake.
Sheathed in icicles, the bow of the Toronto Harbor Commission tug William Rest batters through the ice along the Toronto harbor waterfront. Harbor mus(...)
Feeny, Edwin
1/12/1971
Image shows a tugboat breaking ice for a ship.
Breaking ice six inches thick, the tugboat Bagotville grinds through Toronto harbor as it tows the Goderich to a winter berth at Pier 35. Another tug (...)
Spremo, Boris
1/17/1977
Image shows a ship at the Harbour covered with ice and snow with a few people around.
Coast guard Ship Port Dauphine at pier after staggering into Toronto harbor heavy with ice and with a 12-degree list. Ship made a all-night run from east end of lake when heavy seas kept scientists aboard from working.
Dinsmore, Ted
1/10/1969
The Toronto Harbor Commissioners Engineering Department Waterfront Development
The Toronto Harbor Commissioners Engineering Department Waterfront Development
Toronto Harbour Commissioners
1912
Image shows a map of the Harbour.
The Toronto Harbor Commissioners Waterfront Development Progress Plan 1914-1918
Toronto Harbour Commissioners
Between 1914 and 1918
Image shows a boat on the lake under the dark clouds.
Toronto's civic tug cruises along the breakwater which extends from Bathurst St. to Humber river.
Boyd, John
11/26/1932
Image shows a smaller boat "William Rest" with a big ship "Chicago Tribune" in the background.
Cold work. William Rest keeps chugging away, breaking up ice to keep channel free for Islands ferry - but not much else, is moving in Toronto harbor t(...)
Spremo, Boris
1/8/1981
Image shows two tankers on the lake.
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Spremo, Boris
12/22/1976
Image shows a sphink on a boat with skyscrapers in the background.
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Spremo, Boris
9/2/1989
Image shows a captain and the bride inside the ship cabin.
Capt. Sven-Erik Orhangard and bride. His Swedish ship was season's first into Toronto Harbor
Innell, Reg, 1926-2018
4/10/1969
Image shows two ships unloading cargo.
Harbor bids for a 1969 record. Two ships, the Israeli freighter Netyana, and the Jadro, from Yugoslavia, unload cargo at Pier 27 on Toronto's waterfro(...)
Spremo, Boris
5/27/1969